I Drank the Toxic Cocktail

By Matthew Gordon

Fairly looked around the room anxiously. The sterile white walls were no comfort; the spotted plaster of the ceiling was not much better. The beaten linoleum floor shone with a dim glow from the overhead fluorescent lighting, showing a reflection of his jeans where the mop had washed most recently. Fairly exhaled deeply, hoping to quell the trembling that overtook his body whenever he had to take a needle. It’s just a blood test, he told himself unconvincingly. They’re not going to put anything in you, just take a bit of something out, and you have five litres of it anyway. That was what the sources he had read had said. Five litres, and only one needle’s worth will be coming out. Still not how I want to be spending my first Friday afternoon off in weeks.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Matthew Gordon
• Release date: Jun 26, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476037813

Matthew Gordon

Matthew Gordon was born in Toronto on August 3, 1987. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English and History from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Master of Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. He has also completed his Freelance Writing Certificate at the University of Toronto and has written for RealGM.com and The Billfold. His first published fiction was released in June 2012. When he is not writing, he is diving into a book or listening to music.

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